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Lucy Hughes Jones is a court and crime reporter at The Daily Telegraph. She joined the team in July 2018 having covered indigenous affairs in the Northern Territory, bushfires across NSW, federal budget lock ups in Canberra and the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics in Rio. Get in touch via lucy.hughesjones@news.com.au

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Daily Telegraph. Mid North Coast Correctional Centre near Kempsey. Pic Nathan Edwards

Violent Sydney criminal with ISIS tattoo abandons parole bid

A violent Sydney offender with a terrorist arm tattoo has stormed out of his own parole bid hearing and will remain locked up until May.

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Bush fire follow in Malua Bay. A sign on Ridge Ave in Malua Bay warning looters will be shot if found going through the remains of homes affected by the recent bushfires. Picture: Toby Zerna

Third looter jailed for plundering bushfire-ravaged store

A third person has been convicted of plundering the same NSW south coast store repeatedly ransacked by desperate drug-fuelled looters during this year’s devastating bushfire emergency.

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argyle st medical centre.13/2/6 Picture: Phil Blatch

GP labels patient a Saudi spy after sexual touching allegations

A Sydney doctor who was deregistered for sexually touching a patient has labelled her an undercover spy for Saudi Arabia on a mission to bring him down.

NSW

Lawyers and people in the public gallery broke down in tears today when a Sydney woman whose partner and best friend were killed by a young unlicensed drunk driver told a court about the night her living “nightmare” began on March 12 last year.

DUI victim brings court to tears describing ‘living nightmare’

A Sydney woman whose partner and best friend were killed by a young unlicensed drunk driver has brought a courtroom to tears as she described her living ‘nightmare’ that began on March 12 last year.

NSW

Two Sydney newlyweds still reeling from a week-long coronavirus international travel ban saga have vowed to use their self-isolation period to “make babies.”Lani Verano launched operation

Newlyweds ‘making babies’ in self-isolation

A Sydney woman launched operation “Get Hubby Home” after Singaporean officials detained her partner as he tried to fly to Australia amid the coronavirus outbreak.

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ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - FEE APPLIES FOR REUSE - Mandatory Credit: Photo by Richard Milnes/Shutterstock (10539433g)Police escort away a naked female protester'Invasion Day' march, Sydney, Australia - 26 Jan 2020 Picture: Richard Milnes/Shutterstock

Nude Invasion Day protester ‘fed up’ when she stripped

A nude Invasion Day protester from Sydney’s eastern suburbs who has been convicted of resisting police arrest wants hundreds of people to strip down and rally together, saying: “naked truth is powerful.”

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‘Baby terrorist’ wants stabbing plot conviction dropped

Young extremist bride Alo-Bridget Namoa claims her jihadi husband Sameh Bayda’s deception during a love triangle is grounds to get her Sydney 2015 stabbing plot conviction quashed.

Police & Courts

Eddie Obeid arrives at the Supreme Court in Sydney today .picture John Grainger

Corruption trial of ex Labor ministers delayed for five months

The corruption trial of former Labor ministers Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald has been adjourned for five months after being plagued by technical issues with establishing a digital court in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The family of a man missing for more than a month after walking into bushland near Sydney after a dance party have made a desperate appeal for help. Tiemuzhen Chalaer, 24, was last seen walking into dense bushland in Lower Portland, in the Hawkesbury region on the morning of Sunday, 7 August. Mr Chalaer’s parents flew from China after they learned their son was missing and have been spending every day searching for him. Despite NSW Police suspending their search, Mr Chalaer’s parents believe their son may still be alive and have called for help from the public. “From the first day, as parents, our feelings told us our son was not dead,” Mr Chalaer’s father Hakki Caglar told Fairfax Media. Police teams including helicopters and dog squads scoured the bushland where Mr Chalaer went missing every day for a week after his disappearance but suspended the search after they were unable to find him or new clues. Mr Chalaer has type 1 diabetes and went missing without his insulin.Photo courtesy of NSW Police

Bush doof reveller took ‘cocktail of drugs’ before vanishing

Friends of a young diabetic who went missing at a remote bush doof northwest of Sydney after taking a cocktail of drugs didn’t raise the alarm with authorities because they didn’t want to shut down the party, an inquest has heard.

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Former Auburn Deputy Mayor Salim Mehajer leaves the Burwood Local Court in Sydney, Thursday, December 14, 2017. (AAP Image/Ben Rushton) NO ARCHIVING

Salim’s big problem behind bars

SALIM Mehajer says his life is an “absolute mess” behind bars. And says being in jail has made it hard to turn his fortunes around.

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